Independence Memories
A People’s Portrait of the Early Days of the Irish Nation
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
15 November 2022
Summary
A PEOPLE’S PORTRAIT OF A PERIOD OF MOMENTOUS CHANGE IN IRISH HISTORY.
Independence Memories is a fascinating social history, from living and inherited memory, of the period surrounding Irish Independence and the Civil War.
It was a time of violence, of death, of emigration, of families divided into pro- and anti-Treaty, Michael Collins and Eamon de Valera. Against a tapestry of safe houses and mountain hide outs, peop…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529339857 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529339855 |
| Author: | Valerie Cox |
| Publisher: | Hachette Books Ireland |
| Imprint: | Hachette Books Ireland |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 15 November 2022 |
| Weight: | 225g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 24mm |
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About The Author
Valerie Cox
Valerie Cox has interviewed people from every county in Ireland in a long career as a reporter working in newspapers, radio and television. Over eleven years working on the Today programme on RTE Radio she travelled around the country covering stories as diverse as the closure of schools, Garda stations and post offices. She was out with the rescue services in floods and snow and covered the events that make rural Ireland special, including the ploughing.
She is the author of four previous books, Searching, which tells the story of Ireland’s missing people, The Family Courts, A Ploughing People, and Growing Up With Ireland.
Valerie lives in rural County Wicklow with her husband Brian and the couple have five children and four grandchildren.
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